Influencing the future
A group of cadets from the AFROTC Detachment, 305th Airpower Group, Louisiana Tech University, receive a briefing from Maj. LaRue Russell, an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 47th Fighter Squadron, about the capabilities of the A-10 during their visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., March 31, 2012. The cadets visited Barksdale to get a look at one of their possible futures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston/Released)